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Your Birthday
Your motor vehicle tag expires midnight of your birthday. The renewal period is the 30 day period prior to and ending at midnight of your birth. You may renew beginning 90 days prior to your birthday. (This includes passenger cars, recreational vehicles, small trailers, trucks under 5000 pounds and motorcycles.) Late penalty applies beginning the 11th day of the month following your birth-month. Parking permits for the handicapped expire based on the expiration date of the drivers license or state identification card of the person with disabilities.

January
Receive 2% discount on payment of Real Estate Property taxes and Tangible Personal Property taxes. Renew decals for mobile homes that are not assessed as Real Property before December 31. 

February
Receive 1% discount on payment of Real Estate Property taxes.  Receive 1% discount on payment of Tangible Personal Property taxes.

March
Full amount due on Real Estate Property taxes and Tangible Personal Property taxes by March 31. Final (4th) property tax Installment Program payment due by March 31. Taxpayers currently enrolled in the Installment Program do not need to reapply to continue the program.

April
All unpaid property taxes become delinquent April 1st. At this time, a 3% interest charge is added to the gross amount. All unpaid Tangible Personal Property taxes become delinquent April 1st. At this time a $15.00 and a 1.5% per month interest charge is added to the gross amount. Within 45 days delinquent Tangible Personal Property taxes will be advertised in a local newspaper and the cost of advertising added to the delinquent bill. Applications for next year's property tax installment payment plan due by April 30.

May
Tax warrant processing begins on delinquent tangible personal property taxes May 1st. List of delinquent taxes advertised in local newspaper one time. List of delinquent Real Estate Property taxes advertised in a local newspaper once per week for three consecutive weeks prior to tax certificate sale. Tax certificate sale for delinquent Real Estate Property taxes begins on or before June 1st or 60th day after delinquency.

June
Tax certificate sale will commence on June 1st. Certificates will be issued on all unpaid Real Estate Property taxes. The installment plan requires that the first installment must be made no later than June 30th to receive a discount. Payments accepted after June 30th, but before July 31st, are not discounted, and will include a 5% penalty. Failure to make the first payment will automatically cancel the participant from the plan, and the taxpayer will be required to pay the taxes due in full by March 31st. Registration renewals of company-owned motor vehicles (under 5,000 pounds) due by June 30th.

July
International Registration Plan (IRP) or apportioned autos (vehicles) which are commercial truck-tractors and trucks over 26,000 lbs. that also travel outside Florida must file for registration renewal.

September
Second property tax Installment payment due by September 30th. Early duck season opens.

October
Archery and mourning dove season opens.

November
Collection of current Real Estate Property taxes and Tangible Personal Property taxes begins. Receive a 4% discount on payment if made by November 30th. Partial payments can be remitted for current taxes only beginning November 1st through March 31st.General gun, waterfowl and coot season, fall turkey, muzzle loading and quail seasons open.

December
Receive a 3% discount on payment of Real Estate Property taxes. Receive a 3% discount on payment of Tangible Personal Property taxes. Third property tax Installment Program payment due by December 31st. Registration and renewal of trucks over 5000 pounds, truck-trailers, semi-trailers, nine-passenger and over vehicles for hire due by December 31st.

These dates are subject to change with legislative act.